Central Fighter Establishment
Encyclopedia
The Central Fighter Establishment was a Royal Air Force
formation that dealt with the development Fighter aircraft
tactics. It also tested new fighter aircraft and equipment. It also dealt with the training of squadron and flight commanders. It was formed on 1 October 1944 as part of No. 12 Group RAF
, and was disbanded on 1 February 1966.
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
formation that dealt with the development Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets...
tactics. It also tested new fighter aircraft and equipment. It also dealt with the training of squadron and flight commanders. It was formed on 1 October 1944 as part of No. 12 Group RAF
No. 12 Group RAF
No. 12 Group of the Royal Air Force was a command organization that exisited over two separate periods, namely the end of World War I when it had a training function and from just prior to World War II until the early 1960s when it was tasked with an air defence role.No. 12 Group was first formed...
, and was disbanded on 1 February 1966.
Commandant
| Year(s) | Name |
|---|---|
| 1945 | Air Commodore Air Commodore Air commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force... Richard Atcherley Richard Atcherley Air Marshal Sir Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley KBE, CB, AFC & Bar was a senior commander in the RAF who also served as chief of Air Staff for the Royal Pakistan Air Force.-Early life:... |
| 1945-1948 | Unknown |
| 1948–1950 | Air Commodore David F W Atcherley |
| 1950–1953 | Air Commodore W J Crisham |
| 1953–1954 | Air Commodore Geoffrey D Stephenson Geoffrey D. Stephenson Geoffrey Dalton Stephenson, was a Royal Air Force Air Commodore, and former commandant of the Royal Air Force Central Fighter Establishment, who was killed in an air crash on 8 November 1954 while on a tour of the United States.-Background:... |
| 1954–1957 | Air Commodore John Grandy John Grandy Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Grandy GCB GCVO KBE DSO KStJ RAF was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force... |
| 1957–1958 | Air Commodore E L Colbeck-Welch |
| 1958–1964 | Air Commodore Hughie Edwards Hughie Edwards Air Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards VC, KCMG, CB, DSO, OBE, DFC was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force, Governor of Western Australia, and an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the... |
| 1964–1966 | Air Commodore E W Tacon |